redhat 7.3 startup problem

[linuxgrilla]

i have installed redhat 7.3 twice now and get the same problem each time. at startup it hangs at "bringing up interface eth0." i have a dsl connection, and obviously cannot get it to work (at least i assume this is one and the same problem). my computer is set up as a workstation. any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

gary

[JimH]

Make/model of NIC? PCI or ISA? Any errors in /var/log/messages?

Jim H

[Spot]

Near the beginning of the bootup process you should see "Press I to enter interactive startup"
Try that, and choose not to start up eth0 when you're booting. That way, at least you'll be able to get the machine booted and attempt to get the NIC configured.

As Jim said, more info about the hardware, and your connection will be necessary for anyone to help you beyond that.

[linuxgrilla]

under the device manager it lists the pci as:

cnet prozoowl pci fast ethernet adapter
there are no other error messages

[JimH]

under the device manager it lists the pci as:

cnet prozoowl pci fast ethernet adapter
there are no other error messages

Huh? Did you get that from the windows device manager? I have no idea what kind of card that may be.

Can you post the output of this?

/sbin/lspci -v | grep -i ethernet

Jim H

[Spot]

There is a linux driver for the card (PRO200WL) available from the manufacturer http://www.cnet.com.tw/download/index-f100.html, but I believe it will just compile itself into the dmfe module included with RH 7.3, If not, you can always just compile it yourself and then load it.

[JimH]

Spot, at least you managed to find what it was. :P

It probably is not a problem with the module loading. When the module doesn't load it will usually produce a "no such device" error when it tries to bring if the interface. More them likely it is a problem with the way the interface is configured.

How the interface needs to be configured depends on how you dsl works. I connect to my dsl service via pppoe, so the interface does not get assigned an IP address. My config for the NIC on my firewall box that connects to my dsl modem.

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE=eth1
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
TYPE=Ethernet
PEERDNS=no

Jim H

[linuxgrilla]

thanks for everyones help! i set it with pppoe and it does now work.

[JimH]

thanks for everyones help! i set it with pppoe and it does now work.

Coooooooool! 8) ;D

Jim H